The RBE issues in ion-beam therapy: Conclusions of a joint IAEA/ICRU working group regarding quantities and units

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 463-470

  Wambersie, Andre ^a,c   Hendry, J H ^b   Andreo, P ^b   DeLuca, P M ^a   Gahbauer, R ^a   Menzel, H ^a   Whitmore, G ^a  

^a International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU)   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; ION THERAPY; MICRODOSIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTON THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; STANDARD;

HEAVY ION;

HEAVY IONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 34347405126     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl447     Document Type: Article

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